Sandgrown - is the term those born and raised in the town of Blackpool in Northern England call themselves - a name carved from the seaside town's historic sand dunes. Here, in his hometown, Simon Hipkins attempts to unravel the raw weave of life and childhood in this once grand but now fading holiday town. This on going work is a fractured song to those who grow up there and to an existence that helped shape the photographer's own early years - every frame a reckoning of roots and restless shores.